Ole pb thinks this merely a ploy undertaken by, uh, $#!tler in an attempt to induce the Ayatollah to negotiate seriously.
We'll see.
According to Haaretz, between 2 and 4 stealth bombers, alongside 6 refueling aircraft, ascended from the Whiteman Air Force Base in Johnson County, Missouri, toward Naval Base Guam.
It is unclear whether the planes will continue toward Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago island that serves as a US-UK base some 3,500 kilometers (2,175 miles) from Iran.
Diego Garcia is seen as an ideal location from which to operate in the Middle East. The Pentagon deployed six B-2 bombers to the island in March, making use of the aircraft during the month-long US bombing campaign in Yemen and as a deterrence against Iran during a period of tensions as the two countries began talks over Tehran’s nuclear program. The B-2 bombers were replaced last month with B-52s, which are considered a downgrade, according to officials.
The B-2 is considered the only aircraft capable of carrying the huge bunker buster bombs seen as necessary to destroy Iran’s nuclear facility in Fordo, which is built deep under a mountain some 30 kilometers north of the city of Qom.
According to The Times, the US would need British permission to attack from Diego Garcia because the Island is under British sovereignty...
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